News

11/21/2012
Marin Agricultural Land Trust announced the appointment of a new executive director on November 20, 2012, concluding a nationwide search to fill a role that has worked to preserve thousands of acres across the county for nearly 20 years. Wildlife biologist Jamison Watts, who now serves as the executive director...

11/15/2012
A bouquet of flowers on Point Reyes-Petaluma Road now overlooks the spot where a member of a well-known ranching family fatally crashed into the Nicasio Reservoir earlier this week. Rich Giacomini, 71, of Point Reyes Station, was traveling southbound when his pickup truck swerved and crashed through a guardrail before...

11/15/2012
A small group of Point Reyes Station residents concerned about a flea market that has begun appearing regularly in the center of town turned a community meeting late last week into a debate over whether such a recurring commercial activity befits a public gathering space. The discussion, led by more...

11/15/2012
A legal tug of war between county officials and a Lagunitas homeowner who is trying to hold onto a home he has built outside of county regulations appeared to give way late last week, after a county court denied an appeal by David Lee Hoffman to keep the county from...

11/15/2012
Sonoma and Marin investigators are still trying to tie an Oakland man currently in custody on several burglary charges across Sonoma County to a string of unsolved burglaries reported earlier this month in West Marin. Tyrone Brennen, 27, of Oakland, is being held at Sonoma County Jail with a $500,000...

11/15/2012
The “spirit house” erected in downtown Bolinas after 9/11 is need of a new flower tender. The community monument, which artist Ernesto Sanchez declines to call an “altar” or “shrine” to avoid any negative connotations those words might evoke, is located adjacent to the Bolinas Market. Several people have already...

11/15/2012
The 15th annual Path of Lights—that evening of shopping in downtown Point Reyes illuminated by paper lanterns lining Mainstreet—returns Friday, November 30. The large pine towering over Wells Fargo will be lit in a ceremony led by West Marin Senior Services as usual, and the bank will serve cocoa. Building...

11/08/2012
Seven people were pulled from the chilly surf at the mouth of Tomales Bay on Sunday after a 25-foot motorboat capsized, leaving two children trapped inside the cabin of the sinking craft. Officials said none of the boaters were wearing life jackets and that the children inside the cabin, ages...

11/08/2012
Corey Goodman has filed his sixth complaint with the federal government concerning the application of science at Point Reyes National Seashore, this time targeting Marine Mammal Commission Director Tim Ragen. In a letter sent Wednesday to the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce, the Marshall scientist accused Dr. Ragen...

11/08/2012
A spree of burglaries in the last week across West Marin has left law enforcement trying to tie two unsolved incidents to a suspect arrested Monday in relation to a burglary at Diekmann’s General Store in Tomles, authorities said Tuesday. Tyrone Brennen, 27, of Oakland, was arrested Monday night after...